Edition |
Director-approved two-DVD special edition. |
Description |
2 videodiscs (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages). |
Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. stamping rda |
Description |
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1 rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Documentary films. lcgft |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 853 |
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Criterion collection ; 853.
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System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) aspect ratio; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. |
Credits |
Editor, Nels Bangerter. |
Note |
"For the past 25 years I've worked as a documentary cinematographer. I originally shot the following footage for other films, but here I ask you to see it as my memoir. These are the images that have marked me and leave me wondering still"--Opening frame. |
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Title from title frame. |
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Originally produced in 2016. |
Summary |
A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home with the director: Kirsten Johnson weaves these scenes and others into her film, a tapestry of footage captured over her twenty-five-year career as a documentary cinematographer. |
Note |
Special features: New high-definition digital master; Editing 'Cameraperson,' a new program featuring director Kirsten Johnson, producers Marilyn Ness and Danielle Varga, and editors Nels Bangerter and Amanda Laws; In the Service of the Film, a roundtable conversation with Johnson, producer Gini Reticker, and sound recordists Wellington Bowler and Judy Karp; Excerpts from two 2016 film festival talks with Johnson, including one between her and filmmaker Michael Moore; The Above, a 2015 short film by Johnson; Trailer; and an essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda and reprinted writings by Johnson. |
Language |
In English, Bosnian, Arabic, Dari, Hausa, and Fur; with English subtitles. |
Subject |
Johnson, Kirsten (Kirsten Boyd)
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Cinematographers -- United States.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Experimental films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Added Author |
Johnson, Kirsten (Kirsten Boyd), director of photography, film director, film producer, on-screen participant.
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Ness, Marilyn, film producer.
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Bangerter, Nels, 1978- editor of moving image work.
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Fork Films, presenter, production company.
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Big Mouth Productions, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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Standard No. |
715515192415 |
ISBN |
9781681432588 |
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1681432587 |
Music No. |
CC2725D The Criterion Collection |
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